Agricultural implement.



.l. J. MATHEY & T. E. WILLIAMS.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. 1914.

1 137,228. Patented Ap1: 27, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

JJ.MHTHEY T. EWILLMMS nur MORRIS PETERS C0 Vllsrlnvtrfolv. u. C.

m ru n ermue ?Arrum ewreu JOHN J. MATHE Y A1\TD Starte Cf South Dakota, haveim enfoedcei"caiu new ancl useful 'Imjprovements n Agriciiltural Implements,

ofwhic h;the follWing is 2t'specificatipn, reference heing had to t he qccom panying draw- -16 Thisi inventi'ofl relates t0 certain improv'ements m agr1cultural;1mplelneniss .and has relation an'ore p:xrtiexilarlj t0 a device of more fully sei: forth.

- thi s charzicter espeeially designed and adaptedforuse-as a cultixfator; and the objeet of the inv'e'ntiori is toprovide a cle) vice 01 ighis general character having novel am]. 1mproved mean s whereby thesame may be.employed with convenience and facility hfiier the plants, such as corn stalk's, have reached such a; height as "so makethe use of an ordinary cultivator impossible.

' The invention consists in the'details of construction anal in the combiriationncl arrangement of the several parts .of our 1mpfl vedagrieultural implement whereby c'er tain important iulvantageg, ar'e attainecl and the clevme 1s renclered s1mpler, less expen' s1ye anclotherw1se more conven1ent and advantageous for use, all as Will be herein'after 1 The novel featuies ofgthe invention will be carefully defined in the appencled clairns. In oraler that our irivention*may be the better understoocl, we Will 110W pr'o' ceied to describe the.same withire-fe'rehce to.the accompanying drziwings, wher'ein- Eigure 1 is a vie w in top plan, with certainof the pztrts 111 section, of an1g*ricul ings, I denotes an afched supp0rtihg meinher having it s lowe r extrernities provided with the oppositely disposed trun'nions 2, 011 which are adaptecl 120 be mounted suitable meinbers 18 are engagecl wh1ch, 111 turn,

THEODORE E. WILLIAMS; o1 BOIBEY, SOUTI-I DAKOTA.

AGRICULTTJ'BAL Ill/IP'IiEMENT.

Speclfikztion of Le tter Patent. -Paenfid' 'AP1'. 2'? 1915. "Applieacionfileri Mary 14,119i4. Seria1No. 838,553.

'traction whels 3. Projecting forwarclly fromthe cross bar 4. of the archmember 1 is the"elraft tori'gue 5 of predetermined length providecl=with a depending portion 6 of requisite dimensioris, the lower portion(0f WhlCll is proVicled With the oppositely direececl laterally disp osed yoke members 7 pivotally engagecl therewith, for a purpose which iS believetl t0 be self-evident At a predetermined point intermediate the length 0f the drzifttonguk 5 is lisposecl the eVener bar 9 having'tl1e depenrling extremitie's 10 to which are suitably secured the sivirigletrees 11 which, in connection with the neek' yokesf8fafl0fll a cnvenient meaus Wherebyl the} requi site draft animals inay be"hitrihkedt thejmachine and be properly positiom'ad Alsds'giitably secured to' the transverse bar 4 of the arch member is a s1ib'stzinfially U-shape frame 12, the Sterns whereof are disposed rearwardlyand seeured intermediatetheir length, as inclici1ted at 14', 130 the tr&nsverse bar 4 while the transverse bar 15 of such frame is Suitably secured, as indicatecl ab 16, to the draft tohgue 5 at a p'redet'ermined distance in advance Cf the'arch member. Suitably supported by the free extremities ofthe ste ms 0i" the frame 12 ar'e the pulleys 17 over wluch pass the flexible members 18, herein shown 'as lirik' chains, the"ihner extremiti'es of the members being Suit ably conneetecl to the 1'Ods 19, which, in; turn, are pivotally connected with 'the lower extre'zmities cf the s0' as' totravel betWeen the levers 20 pivotally enggeol intermediate their length with the transverse bar 4 While ehe opposite extremities .of such flexible with the rods 21 are suitably engaged with the harrow members 22. Each of the levers 20 is provicl'ed with -"21 conventional latch meinber 23 adaptecl 110 coact With the segmental racks 24 projecting upwardly from the frame 12 whereby it will be readily perceived that the harrow members 22 may be raised or lowered one indeia endently of the other and eifectively locked or maintained in their elevated position. The forwzircl extremities of each 01' the hzirr0w members are operativelyConnected with the trunnions or stub shafts 2 .throi1gh the iriedium gf the elt ngated links 01' rocls 25, whereby 1t Wlll be readily perceive'd that when the harrow members are' in operative engagementwi?h the ground 'px"oPer, dragging movement Will be imparted thereto vanced.

In order to impart requisite rigidity t0. the frame 12, We find it cf advantage to employ as the machine is'adthe forward und rear brace members 26 disposed between and operatively ccnnected with the Opposit@ extremities of the frame 12 und With the trunnions 01 stub shafts 2. Si1pported by the frame 12 rcarwrdly of fectiveness vvith whiCh it performs its func-' ti ons vund i t Will also .be obvious that our inv'entwn 13 suscept1 blc ofsome chnnge and mqdifiction withcut material departure from the pr inciples andispirit thereof and for this reason We du not wish to be umlerstood as limiting ourselves to the preciseur Iangfixnt and fox-n'iatioxi cf the several herein sh0Wuin'carrying out our in:

vention in practice.

l. A device Df the charactr dscribed comprising an arched supporting member having a cross arm, a draft tongue connected With the cro ss arm of the member, a frame substanally U-shape in form operatively coiinected With thc cross arm und. With the draft t0i1gue, such U-shapeframe having its stems disposed rcarwardly, implement, a connection between such imp]enient and the suppofting member, a second connection betweeu the implemcnt and the meniber coacting with' the frame, and means for adjusting. the last named c0nne it1'on for elevating the implement.

an agricultural 2. A device f the ch arcter desinibed 00m risin an arched su ortin -member Sitelj directed trunnions and having a cross 'a1m, traction wheels mounted on sucht1u1i having its extremities provided with oppo m'ons, a ch atft tongue operatively coml'e itcd With ehe cross arm*of the supporting Ihem her und proviclecl forwardly thereof, a, substantially U-shzipe fraime connccted tothe cross arm 01. the supportihg memberandto the tongue inudvance o f such member, the

wardly, an agri cultural* imple mnt, a ;-ccn- .nect1on between Such implemnt an a trummounted for rock ing moveinent.on the crQss arm cf 1;he supporting nieinber, a;;c 0nnecti0fl 7 bet ween such l ever und Ehe agr1cultxiral 1m- 265 named connectioi1 carr' ied by th e iear por Y plement, anal a guiding means 'for'such last tion 01 the fran1e. 1

3. A device of the cl 1 2ifactef dcscr i bc comprising an arched supporting member Z0 witlrthe c1os s arm of the member,fa f ram6 Substan t ial lyv U-shape inform cpertivcly5 counectedvi'th thccross arm und with ehe draft tonge,sueh U-shape fmine having its stems cl1sposed reurwardly, an agr1cultral implement, a connection between such implement and the suPporting member, zp secon d connection between the implement sind thc mcmber coacting With the framemeans for adjusting such last named connection f0r clcvating the imple1nen@ and a seat structu1e carried by the frame rearwardly f the Supporting member. I

In testimony wheteof we hereunto aflix ou-r signatufei-v i n the presence of tw o witnesses.

JOHN J. MATHEY. THEODORE E. WILLIAMS. lWitnesses:

- A. H. 5ILEMEOUS,

A. Rossmgy. l

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6 0 nion of the supporting member, tu lever 

